Why I Am Catholic
Yep, it’s late, but it’s not too late to share my favorite commercial on this day of Star Wars appreciation. Heh! Read more
Yep, it’s late, but it’s not too late to share my favorite commercial on this day of Star Wars appreciation. Heh! Read more
The late economic historian, and former financier Peter Bernstein explains this fact well in an article published in the New York Times during the early innings of the tumult of the U.S. debt crisis. Bernstein authored a half dozen classics, among them Against the Gods, the Remarkable Story of Risk, which was published in 1996. It was in that book that I became reaquainted with Blaise Pascal, (more…) Read more
The photograph above is creepy, ain’t it? But seeing as how the researchers don’t say that these fellows are cannibalistic, ant-eating zombie ants, I think I can still sleep well tonight. Because, as you well know by now, Catholics dig science. NPR (yep, those publicly funded, corporate sponsored, vagabonds) ) have the story. Zombie’ Ants And The Fungus That Saves Them (more…) Read more
Forwarded with pleasure, because it is the kind of prayer request that I can get behind. Ironic highlight in bold is mine. The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 01, 2012 Presidential Proclamation — National Day of Prayer, 2012 NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, 2012 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Prayer has always been a part of the American story, and today countless... Read more
God is simple, God is all. In his wisdom, he gave us his only begotten son, the new Adam. Jesus, then, is the reimaged God, or God, Version 2.0, if you will. This God-Man, Jesus, has a Mother, and as such, so do we. For if we are adopted sons and daughters of God, and God became a man, by the power of the Holy Spirit, born of a woman, then the Blessed Virgin, Mary Immaculate, is both his mother,... Read more
Last year around this time for Eastertide, I started exploring Jesus in terms of popular culture through music. There were classical posts, and posts on polyphony, naturally. But there were also posts built around songs about the Lord through pop-rock songs, rhythm & blues, and country tunes as well. Maybe it is an American phenomenon (though I hope not), but Jesus Christ haunts us. It’s like today he still asks of us, “who do the people say I am?”... Read more
Just the other day, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius got grilled by Congressman Trey Gowdy (R, S.C.) about the HHS Mandate, and the legal definitions of balance. (more…) Read more
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that witnessing to atheists, at least in the manner that seems to be popular in the Catholic blog-o-sphere nowadays, is in a sad state of affairs. Posts thumbing our noses at atheists, posts basically saying that atheists are idiots, and posts attempting to stick their noses in what some believe to be atheist formed pools of pee-pee (I reckon), is pretty much de rigueur. (more…) Read more
If you are a Catholic News junkie, coming to the internet everyday for your fix of “inside baseball” goings on, here’s a little tidbit: you will be as misinformed as all news junkies everywhere always are. Bread and Circuses? Welcome to the show. (more…) Read more
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Proof Texting A Comment Policy? I’m All For That
The folks over at Sojourners don’t have a comment policy. They have gone one better and have adopted a Comment Covenant instead. And the neat thing is that they have also provided the Biblical passages to back up their reasoning. It’s a clearcut case of faith+reason= AWESOME. Take a look, (more…) Read more